爲抵制軍事項目合作 十幾名谷歌員工正集體請辭

It's been nearly three months since many Google employees -- and the public -- learned about the company's decision to provide artificial intelligence to a controversial military pilot program known as Project Maven, which aims to speed up analysis of drone footage by automatically classifying images of objects and people.

三個月前，谷歌要參與一個帶有爭議性的軍事項目Project Maven的消息流出，引發了部分員工及公衆的擔憂，該項目旨在通過自動分類動物和人類的圖像來加速無人機影像分析速度。

Now, about a dozen Google employees are resigning in protest over the company's continued involvement in Maven.

而現在，12名谷歌員工以辭職的形式，對公司繼續參與Project Maven表示了抗議。

The resigning employees' frustrations range from particular ethical concerns over the use of artificial intelligence in drone warfare to broader worries about Google's political decisions -- and the erosion of user trust that could result from these actions.

從無人機戰爭中人工智能使用的特定道德擔憂，在延伸到對谷歌政治決策的擔心，辭職員工情緒沮喪，他們認爲這些行爲可能會導致用戶信任的下降。

Many of them have written accounts of their decisions to leave the company, and their stories have been gathered and shared in an internal document.

他們中的許多人都已經寫好了離開公司的決定，他們的事蹟也已經被收集和分享在一份內部文件中。

The employees who are resigning in protest, several of whom discussed their decision to leave with Gizmodo, say that executives have become less transparent with their workforce about controversial business decisions and seem less interested in listening to workers' objections than they once did.

辭職的員工們表示，高管們對有爭議的商業決策的態度已經變得不那麼透明瞭，他們似乎不太願意聽取員工的反對意見。

In the case of Maven, Google is helping the Defense Department implement machine learning to classify images gathered by drones. But some employees believe humans, not algorithms, should be responsible for this sensitive and potentially lethal work—and that Google shouldn't be involved in military work at all.

以Maven項目爲例子，谷歌正在幫助國防部實現將無人機收集的圖像進行分類的機器學習。但是一些員工認爲，因爲最終要爲帶來的敏感和潛在的致命工作擔責的不是算法本身，而是創造它們的人，谷歌不應該參與軍事工作。

Historically, Google has promoted an open culture that encourages employees to challenge and debate product decisions. But some employees feel that their leadership no longer as attentive to their concerns, leaving them to face the fallout.

從歷史上看，谷歌促進了一種開放的文化，鼓勵員工挑戰和討論產品決策。但一些員工認爲，他們的領導不再關注他們的擔憂，而是讓他們面對後果。

"Over the last couple of months, I've been less and less impressed with the response and the way people's concerns are being treated and listened to," one employee who resigned said.

一位辭職的員工表示：“在過去的幾個月裏，我越來越對公司在迴應員工意見時的態度感到失望。”